Year: | 1984 |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 36 |
Most Wins: | 4 Amy Alcott, Patty Sheehan |
Honor1: | Money leader |
Honoree1: | Betsy King |
Honor2: | Player of the Year |
Honoree2: | Betsy King |
Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
Honoree3: | Juli Inkster |
Prevseason: | 1983 |
Nextseason: | 1985 |
The 1984 LPGA Tour was the 35th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 26 to November 4. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Amy Alcott and Patty Sheehan won the most tournaments, four each. Betsy King led the money list with earnings of $266,771.
There were eight first-time winners in 1984: Sharon Barrett, Barb Bunkowsky, Cindy Hill, Christa Johnson, Betsy King, Sally Quinlan, Laurie Rinker, and Nayoko Yoshikawa.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1984 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($) | |
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Jan 29 | Silvia Bertolaccini (4) | 280 (-8) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Feb 5 | Patty Sheehan (9) | 280 (-8) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Feb 12 | Alice Miller (2) | 280 (-8) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Mar 4 | Nancy Lopez (28) | 284 (E) | 300,000 | 45,000 | |||
Mar 11 | Christa Johnson (1) | 276 (-12) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Mar 18 | Christa Johnson (2) | 272 (-16) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Mar 25 | Betsy King (1) | 283 (-9) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Apr 8 | Nabisco Dinah Shore | Juli Inkster (2) | 280 (-8) | 400,000 | 55,000 | ||
Apr 15 | Ayako Okamoto (3) | 275 (-14) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Apr 22 | Vicki Fergon (2) | 275 (-14) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Apr 29 | Betsy King (2) | 202 (-14) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
May 7 | Sharon Barrett (1) | 213 (-3) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
May 13 | Amy Alcott (18) | 210 (-6) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
May 20 | Barb Bunkowsky (1) | 209 (-10) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
May 27 | JoAnne Carner (41) | 281 (-7) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Jun 3 | LPGA Championship | Patty Sheehan (10) | 272 (-16) | 250,000 | 37,500 | ||
Jun 10 | Patty Sheehan (11) | 281 (-7) | 350,000 | 52,500 | |||
Jun 17 | Ayako Okamoto (4) | 281 (-7) | 250,000 | 37,500 | |||
Jun 24 | Laurie Rinker (1) | 286 (-2) | 225,000 | 33,750 | |||
Jul 1 | Amy Alcott (19) | 208 (-8) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Jul 8 | Lauri Peterson (2) | 278 (-10) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Jul 15 | U.S. Women's Open | Hollis Stacy (16) | 290 (+2) | 225,000 | 36,000 | ||
Jul 22 | Kathy Whitworth (85) | 281 (-7) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Jul 29 | du Maurier Classic | Juli Inkster (3) | 279 (-9) | 275,000 | 41,250 | ||
Aug 5 | Alice Miller (3) | 209 (-7) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Aug 12 | Patty Sheehan (12) | 277 (-11) | 180,000 | 27,000 | |||
Aug 19 | Nancy Lopez (29) | 281 (-7) | 200,000 | 65,000 | |||
Aug 19 | Sally Quinlan (1) | 284 (-4) | 100,000 | 15,287 | |||
Aug 26 | Betsy King (3) | 281 (-3) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Sep 3 | Cindy Hill (1) | 207 (-9) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Sep 9 | Amy Alcott (20) | 212 (-4) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Sep 16 | Kathy Whitworth (86) | 279 (-9) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Sep 23 | Amy Alcott (21) | 211 (-8) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Oct 6 | Ayako Okamoto (5) | 289 (-3) | 200,000 | 30,039 | |||
Oct 14 | Kathy Whitworth (87) | 285 (-3) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Nov 4 | Nayoko Yoshikawa (1*) | 210 (-6) | 300,000 | 41,250 |